Roxane

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Roxane, from Ancient Greek Ῥωξᾱ́νη (Rhōxā́nē), from Old Persian *rauxšnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂. Doublet of Luna.

Proper noun

Roxane

  1. A female given name from Old Persian
    • 1897, Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker, Cyrano de Bergerac, published 1923:
      Your name is like a golden bell
      Hung in my heart; and when I think of you,
      I tremble, and the bell swings and rings - "Roxane!"
      "Roxane!"...along my veins, "Roxane!"

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɔk.san/

Proper noun

Roxane f

  1. Roxana (the wife of Alexander the Great)
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Roxana

Descendants

  • Dutch: Roxane
  • English: Roxane
  • German: Roxane
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